Originally Posted by
gemchicken:
“She is a rescued battery hen, who can't stop laying. That is the type of life she will have, through no fault of her own. She is skinny because she is not used to food and is bald due to stress.
As for the different coloured eggs - they're all the same colour, just vartying shades. These are classed as 'brown' eggs, which are laid by hens with red ear lobes, whereas white eggs are laid by hens with white earlobes. It can also be to do with their diet.
Pretty sad, isn't it? 
People who buy cheap chickens (no pun intended) are contributing to the poor treatment of chickens and should feel ashamed.”
Sorry - im not being difficult, but yes it is a shame, and i hate to see it. Im a chicken keeper myself, and i raise free range birds who will never be killed. Even when they stop laying, they will live out the rest of their days with us.
But that chicken wont have laid all of those eggs. To say 'she cant stop laying' makes it sound as if she is popping one out every minute. A hen will lay one egg a day. Those eggs arent from the same hen, unless the diet really does vary wildly. I doubt it though. Hens normally have the same diet day in day out, with a little 'treat' every day. Mine love a little fruit, bread and pastry.
I have lots of different varieties of chickens. The majority lay brown eggs, but they are different coloured brown eggs. Those eggs didnt come from the same bird.
Having said this, it is horrid - and it shouldnt be allowed.
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Maybe its new wording in the past lingo media....
